NEW YORK (AP) — Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to public safety. The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise, which recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco, this week.…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A driver was detained after a hit-and-run crash left a young girl injured in southeast Fresno on Thursday night. The accident happened around 6:30 pm in the area of Orange and Lowe avenues. Fresno police say a 12-year-old girl was crossing the street when she was hit. After the accident, investigators…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is dead after being hit by a train while riding his bicycle in Downtown Fresno. It happened after 11:30 pm Thursday at the railroad tracks on Mono and H Streets. Police arrived to find the train stopped, and the victim at the scene. A witness spoke with officers, saying…… MORE
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Environment Minister Huang Runqiu said Thursday his country wants to strengthen cooperation with the United States to combat climate change, as he met in Beijing with California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom is on a weeklong tour of China where he is pushing for climate cooperation. His trip as governor, once considered…… MORE
FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A man is in the hospital after being hit by a car in central Fresno. It happened after 1 am Thursday on Nielsen and Thorne Avenues. Police say an officer driving in the area saw a man lying in the road. The victim was injured and appeared to have been struck…… MORE
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — The details of a fatal hit-and-run in Selma last year took center stage in court on Wednesday. On the stand, Jose Gayton, who was heading home on February 19, 2022. He was the passenger in a car heading north on McCall Avenue in Selma. As he approached Selma Plaza, Gayton…… MORE
In a surprising revelation at a Wednesday afternoon luncheon, Mayor Jerry Dyer revealed that standup comedy is likely to return to downtown Fresno. Movie producer and Laugh Factory partner Joseph Merhi briefly discussed scouting for locations to the audience in attendance at the Grand. The event was put on by the Maddy Institute’s Mark Keppler…… MORE
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AP — With mail theft and postal carrier robberies up, law enforcement officials have made more than 600 arrests since May in a crackdown launched to address crime that includes carriers being accosted at gunpoint for their antiquated universal keys, the Postal Service announced Wednesday. Criminals are both stealing mail and targeting carriers’ so-called “arrow…… MORE
TULARE, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — Firefighters are investigating what sparked a garage fire at a home in Tulare. It was first reported just before 3 am Wednesday at a home on Woodward Drive near Oaks Street. The homeowner says his wife woke up and smelled smoke. He then went downstairs to investigate and saw there was…… MORE
